www.nytimes.com -- He lives with his three daughters and wife, Laura Louie, on Maui, where he surfs and gardens; he has been arrested for his ardent environmental advocacy and protest of marijuana laws. His father was convicted of the contract murder of a federal judge and died in prison, with Mr. Harrelson insisting that law enforcement cut corners in convicting him. His suspicion of authority is reflexive.“It was hard for me to believe I could even play a cop,” he says. “I remember the first day on the set and getting a picture taken in the uniform and looking at that picture and not believing it, whereas Oren looked at it and said, ‘Yes!’

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